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A Summer in La Goulette

1996 · 89 min

A sun-drenched, gentle coming-of-age story that balances youthful mischief with a quiet sense of loss.

Directed by
Férid Boughedir
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Sonia Mankaï, Gamil Ratib, Sarah Pariente
Overview
Summer of 1967. La Goulette, a touristic beach of Tunisia, is the site where three seventeen-year-old girls live: Gigi, Sicilian and Catholic; Meriem, Tunisian and Muslim; Tina, French and Jewish. They would like to have their first sexual experience during that summer, challenging their families. Their fathers, Youssef, Jojo and Giuseppe, are old friends and their friendship will be in crisis because of the girls, while Hadj, an old rich Arab, would like to marry Meriem.

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Directed by
Férid Boughedir
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Sonia Mankaï, Gamil Ratib, Sarah Pariente
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • family
  • identity
  • love
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Languages
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